PHS' Deron Moreno reaches for a loose ball against Fort Walton Beach's Drew Davis during their Region 1-6A quarterfinal game on Thursday.

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Seth String
| Northwest Florida Daily News

His team trailing Fort Walton Beach 29-23 late in the fourth quarter, Pensacola High's Mitchell Maxwell grabbed a long rebound, glided up the right sideline and beelined toward the hoop. Nothing stood between the 5-foot-8 point guard and an easy layup.

But on this night, on this court, a venue where the Vikings entered the Region 1-6A quarterfinal a perfect 12-0 on the year, no basket would come easy. And right in front of his student section, Tyrone Culbreth let that emphatically be known.

The 6-foot-5 senior came out of nowhere, lifted above the rim from the opposite side and blocked the layup ...